Remembering Revudeville - a Souvenir of the Windmill Theatre by Jill Millard Shapiro

Remembering Revudeville - a Souvenir of the Windmill Theatre by Jill Millard Shapiro

On the 31st of October 1964 a very British institution took its final bow. That was the night of the Windmill's farewell performance and when the curtain fell for the last time on London's world famous little theatre, and the stage door locked shut behind its keeper, the Windmill's heart stopped beating. All that was left was the lingering smell of a good cigar, the ghost of a fan dancer, the last faint echoes of laughter and applause, and then darkness. After 32 years the Windmill had breathed its last breath. Or had it? No one could have predicted that half a century later, in the year 2014, the world would still remember with affection the Windmill Theatre with its famous comedians and its legendary Windmill Girls. Fifty years on, in the public's heart, this particular British institution Never Closed.This full colour hardback special edition book commemorates the Windmill on the fifty year anniversary of the theatre's closure. With over 600 illustrations (photographs and ephemera), stories and contributions from ex Windmillite Barry Cryer OBE, Windmill girls and boys who danced on through the blitz and many more, this book will remind those who were there of the phenomenon that was the Windmill, and give those who weren't the feeling of having visited the theatre that famously never closed.

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ISBN 13	9780992869601
ISBN 10	0992869609
Title	Remembering Revudeville - a Souvenir of the Windmill Theatre
Author	Jill Millard Shapiro
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Obscuriosity Press
Year published	2014-06-01
Number of pages	200
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.